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Celebrity chef David Chang thinks pumpkin pie is garbage. 

Speaking with food website Lucky Peach, Chang said that you are better served eating literally anything else. 

"Listen, pumpkin pie is not delicious by any means," Chang said. "You know what's better than pumpkin pie? Any kind of pie! Everything in the world is better."

Of course, lots of Americans seem to disagree with Chang. Costco, for instance, sells more than 1 million pumpkin pies on the week of Thanksgiving every year. Читать дальше...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Pope Francis is urging Kenyans to work for peace, forgiveness and a more just distribution of the country's enormous resources as he begins his first-ever visit to Africa.

NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday season is upon us. Here's what shoppers can expect if they're heading out to stores at any point during the holiday shopping season:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of new homes recovered in October after suffering a steep drop in September, returning to this year's trend of an improving market for real estate developers and builders.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Because of man-made global warming and a strong El Nino, Earth's wild weather this year is bursting the annual heat record, the World Meteorological Organization announced on Wednesday.

The iPad Pro is a good first generation device. The hardware is good, the software can cope, and the accessories are above average (even if they take five weeks to arrive). 

Everyone remembers that crushing scene in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" when Clark Griswold opens what he thinks is a bonus check but is actually a jelly-of-the-month club subscription. Lame!

Can vegetarian chicken nuggets taste like the real thing? In a blind taste test, TI staffers put "chick'n" nuggets by Quorn, Gardein, Morningstar, and Boca — and real ones by Ian's — to the test.

One man is punching his way through "Fallout 4." Yes, you read that correctly: punching.

A plus-size model has opened an academy in Moscow where she teaches aspiring models everything they need to make it in the fashion industry.

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The US Navy is just months away from adding the most expensive warship in history to its fleet, the $13 billion USS Gerald Ford.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's prime minister says his new government will aim to adopt a new constitution and also believes that Turkey should move to a presidential system — favored by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

MADRID (AP) — Spanish renewable energy and engineering giant Abengoa says it has begun bankruptcy protection proceedings in a bid to avoid what could be one of the country's largest insolvencies.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn approval of a controversial new weed killer to be used on genetically modified corn and soybeans.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will brief the public on the nation's homeland security posture heading into the holiday season.

Every year, Thailand celebrates its "Loy Krathong" lantern festival.

It's a time of gorgeous floats, Buddhist prayers, and epic fireworks.

Loi Krathong happens on the 12th full moon of the Thai calendar, so it usually lands in November. This year, it's on November 25th.

It's cause for fireworks in downtown Bangkok...

.... and at religious sites across southern Thailand, like Wat Mahathat, Bangkok's most elegant temple.

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Over the past two months, I've fallen in love with a new retail service that gives me unfettered access to gorgeous clothes and jewelry from designers like Tory Burch and Jason Wu.

George Osborne just managed to turn what could have been an embarrassing u-turn into a bit of a triumph.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama recognized 17 Americans with the nation's highest civilian award on Tuesday, including the first African-American woman elected to Congress, one of the greatest catchers in baseball history and a "Funny Girl."

CHICAGO (AP) — A white Chicago police officer who shot a black teenager 16 times last year was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday, hours before the city released a video of the killing that many people fear could spark unrest.

London (AFP) - Britain's finance minister will on Wednesday unveil budgets for government departments over the next five years, in a spending review expected to herald further austerity measures and bitter recriminations.